Fish head and entrails removing means



0. HOVDEN I F ISH HEAD AND ENTRAILS REMOVING MEQNS Sept. 13, 1927.

Filed July 8, 1925 OLAV HOVDEN connectiontherewith adapted tobe retarded in detail, and

Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

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FISHPHEAD AND ENTRAILS REMovINGMEANs.

1 Application fi1ed J'u1y s, 1925. seria No. 42,210.

. My invention relates to. a fish head and en- .trail removing means. 7 v j H I v .The primary objectof my invention is to provide improvements over my previous application for Letters Patent for fish beheading and entrail removing machines, filed in the United StatesPatent Office, July 9, 1923, under Serial Number 650,415. Other objects ofmy invention are: First, to provide a means of this cllass whereby the, heads offish previously partially cut off behind the heads at thebacksand under sides may be removed by impact and whereby the entrails of the fish not removedwith the head and extending beyond the body of the fish may-be.siinila1-ly,;removed by a yieldable member in connection with the impact head removing meansg second, to provide an impact fishhead removing .means having a yieldable fishentrail removing member, in

in a portion of. its. path, thereby storingup momentum prior-to engaging the entrails extending beyond the :ends of beheaded fish for removing the same therefrom; third, to provide a means ofathisclass; whereby the entrails of fish maybe com letely, easily and economically removed wit out handling the fish and without: unnecessarily mutilat- .ing the same; fourth, to provide a noWellyv constructed fish head and entrail removing means, and fifth, to provide a means of this class which is simple and economical of con struction, durable, efficient, I and which, will not readilydeteriorate or; get out of order.

WVith; these. and other, objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, my invention con sists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, as will be hereinafter described particularly set forth in the appended claims, ieference being hadto the accompanying drawings and, to the char acters of reference thereon,"wl1ich form a part of this application, in which:

Fgure 1 is a plan view of mywfish head 7 and. entrail removing meansshown in conv'nection with a fragmentary portion of a fish segregating, conveying and incising means; Fig. 2 is a,side. elefva t ona-l view thereof, 1, showing icertain parts andportions thereof brokenaway and in section to facilitate the illustration, and

Fig. 3 is. a fragmentary transverse sectional View. thereof, takenthrough 3+ 3 of Fig. 1.

.- Like charactersof reference refer-t0 similar parts and p rtions throughout the severalviews of the drawings. e The conveyer 1, sprockets 2, shafts 3, journals 4, cutting member 5, spindle 6, journal 7, cutting, member 8, bin 9, head member 10, shaft 11, journals 12,v fish head removing paddles 13, bolts 14, yieldable entrail removing .members 15, plates 16,;bolts 17, spr ng plates 18, pulley 19, guard 20, guard supports 21, and the bin 22, constitute the prlnclpal parts and portions of my fish-head and ent-rail removing'structure.

provided with transversely extending channels or pockets adapted to receive fish lengthwise therein and consists of a plurality of channel or pocket members 1 secured on Theconveyer 1 1s a continuous conveyer only being shown) on'sprockets 2 whichare a secured to shafts 3 revolubly mounted in j0urnals4. At the side and intermediate the ends of the conveyer 1 is positioned a cutting member 5 which issecured to the end of a spindle 6 revolubly mounted in a journal .7. The cutting edges of the cutting member 5 are positioned just beyond those ends of the channels or pockets of the conveyer in which fish are positioned with their backs uppermost and with their head ends extending beyond the; channels or pockets at which the-putting member is positioned.

The lower cutting edge or edgesof the cutting member 5 extends to within a short distance of the bottom of the channels or pockets in. the conveyer, and therefore out only through thebacks of the fish. Positioned 7 directly belowthe cutting member 5 and extending forwardly therefrom is the combination cutting and fish retaining member 8, whichmay be secured to the upper edge of the bin 9, substantially as shown. The-portionof the'member 8 directly'below the-rev oluble cuttin member 5 is "provided with a cutting edge which consist-s of small sharp abo-veithe lower portions or bottoms of the saw teeth which extend a short distance cutting edges thereof and of the cutting member 5, so that the entrails of the fish will not be incised. There are preferably no cutting teeth at the forward portion 8 of the cutting and retaining member 8,'but this .porio'n is made smooth so that the entrails will not be torn or ruptured when being removed from the body of the fish. The smooth portion 8 also extends above the bottoms of the channels of the conveyer so as to retain the bodies of the fish on the conveyer when their heads are removed,

. he bin 9 for receiving the fish heads and entrails is positioned at the side of the corn veyer below the cutting members 5 and S. At the upper portion of the bin 9 and directly over the sa'in'e is mounted an impzict means in the form of a paddle wheel for sep arating the heads and entrails from the body or edible portions oi the fish by impact. The impact means consists of a rectangular head member 10 to the opposite sides of which are secured, by means of bolts 14, plates or paddles 13 which extend tangentially therefrom relatively to its axis, the outer ends oi the plates or paddles 13 being adapted to engage the heads otthe fish part- 1y cut on? from the body or edible portions by the cutting members 5 and b. The head member 10 mounted on a shaft 11 which is reyolubly nmunted in journals 1E2 supported at the upper portion of the: bin 2). At the outer sides or the paddles 13, intermediate their ends, are secured one end of iach o l? the yieldable entrail removing members 15, by mcanso'f plates 16 and bolts 17. The members are preterably made of a readily yieldablc material. such as leather belting, the outer endsot' the members l5extending a. slight distance beyond the outer ends of the paddles 13, as shown bestiin Fig. 3. At the outer sides of the yieldable entrail removing members 15 are positioned leaf springs 18, the ends of which nearest the head 10 are secured to the members 15 and paddles 13 by means of the bolts 1?. The outer or free ends of the springs 18 are spaced from the free ends of the members 15, and are adapted for normally retaining the outer ends of the members (15 against the outer sides of the paddles 13, as shown bysolid lines in Fig. The impact means, justdeseribed, may be rotated by a pulley '19 secured to the shaft 11.

Attire side of the eonveyer lat which the cutting members 5 and 8 are positioned and slightly spaced from the conveyor and extending forwardly from the cutting member 5 is a fish retaining member or guard which is curved upivardly and inwardly from its lower edge over the conveyer 1 and thence upwardly. as shown best m Fig. 3.

As thefish with their heads partially cut oil by the cutting members 5 and 8 and hanging dowmas shown in Fig. 3,are moved alongby the conveyor 1, the same pass under the lower edge of the member 20 where the heads are removed by impact from the paddles 13, the members Q-Oand SretamiIig the body or edible portions of the fish in the pockets of the conveyor, and are carried to the forward end thereof from which they are discharged into the bin 92.

Although the entrails are not. cut by the cutting members 5 and S, the same are not always removed from the bodies of the lish with the heads, but hang down into the bin 9. .As the impact means rotated in the direction of the arrow, the outer ends of the yieldable members 15 engage one at a time the lower rounded portion t the fish retain ing member or guard 20, permitting the same to be separated, against the eorripression of the spring 18 from the outer sides of the paddles 13, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. As the impact means continues to rotate, the outer end of the yielda ble member is automatically released from the guard 20 and permitted to engage with a swiping blow the entrails of the fish hanging downwardly into the bin 9, completely removing the same from the body of the iish.

The lish retaining member or guard 20 is held in the position stated 'bythe sup porting members 21, as shown best in :Fig. l.

Though l have shown and described a partieular eonstrlu-tion, comb'intitioii and arrangenient of parts and portions, i[ do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention the construotion, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a means of the class described, a movable conveyer having transverse pockets and a revoluble means, provided with relatively *yieldable and flexible portions mounted at the side of said conveyor and continguous thereto said relatively yieltlable and flexible portions being adapted to engage a portion otthe product carried in the pockets of said conveyor.

2. In a means of the Class described, a poeltet conveyer, a supporting member revolubl'y mounted at the side of said conveyor, and a yieldiible member resiliently SIIJPOItCd on said supporting member a apted to engage and remove the entrails oi? fish carried in the pockets of said "conveyer. v

3. In a means of the class described, a conveyer, a Chute positioned at one side "of and extending below said eonveyer, a curved hsh retalmng member LPOSlhlODEd at said side 0t said conveyor above the upper portion of said chute, a supporting irieniber revolubly mountedat saidside of thec'onveyer, and a yieldable member resiliently supported on said supporting member ada ted to engage andbe retardedinits revolub e movementby said retaining member and released therefish retaining member positioned at said side of said conveyer above the upper portion of said chute, a paddle Wheel revolubly mounted at said side of said conveyer adapted-to engage the heads of fish carried by said conveyer and remove the same from the bodies of said fish, yieldable members secured at their one ends to the outer sides and intermediate the ends of the paddles of'said paddle Wheel, the outer ends fofsaid yieldable members extending beyond theo'uter ends of said paddles, and means at the outer ends of said yieldable members and the paddles of said paddle Wheel for resiliently retaining the former against the latter. I

5. In a means of the class described, a con-' veyer, a chute positioned atone side of and extending below said conveyer, a curved fish retaining member positioned at said side of said conveyer above the upper portion of my hand at Monterey, California this 5th said chute, a paddle wheel revolubly mounted at said side of said conveyer adapted to engagethe heads of fish carried by said conveyer and remove the same from the bodies class described, a

of said fish, and yieldable members secured at their one ends to the outer sides and intermediate the ends of the paddles of said paddle Wheel.

r 6. In a means of the class described, a fish supporting means, a paddle Wheel revolubly mounted at one side of vsaid supporting means and adapted to engage the heads of fish adapted to be carried thereon, yieldable members secured at their one ends to the outer sides and intermediate the ends of the of saidyieldable-members extending beyond 1 paddles of said paddle Wheel, the outerends the outer ends of said paddles, and means at the outer ends of said yieldable members and the paddles of said paddle Wheel for resiliently retaining the former against the latter.

7. In a means of the class described, a movable conveyer having transverse pockets and a support movably mounted at one side of said conveyer, said support having yieldable and resilient means adapted to pass intermittenty past said side of said conveyer for engaging and removing a portion of the members carried in said pockets. I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set day of May, 1925.

' OLAV HOVDEN. 

